You Know You’re From Where You’re From When

Although there are two supplements to the water post laying around in draft form, I can’t allow so much seriousness on the front page at once. So, it’s time to play the “find a list of ways in which you know you’re from a place and mock it” game. AHEM.
Per the rules of the game, statements with a particularly sonorous ring of truth are in bold, and inaccurate generalizations are italicized.

You Know You’re From Where You’re From When:

Your area experiences unusual weather.

You, and others in your area, enjoy talking about the unusual weather.

As a result of the unusual weather, your understanding of the terms “hot” and “cold” is different from conventional notions.

You measure distance between two points by referring to the amount of time it takes to travel from one to the other.

People from other places would be shocked at your blasé attitude towards a natural disaster which periodically affects the place you’re from.

You are familiar with the local freeway system.

You know how to spell and pronounce the name of a local town, village, or burb, which is often misspelled and/or mispronounced by others.

You’ve met one celebrity in your life, and it was a minor celebrity who lives in the same place you’re from.

You often manifest a certain verbal tic common to your area.

People sure do drive funny.

You often manifest a certain verbal tic common to an area slightly north, south, east, or west of where you’re from. – yeah right, this list isn’t about the place some other people are from.

You understand that your climate can be characterized by four seasons with hilariously nonstandard names.

You use an unusual part of your body for pointing or other gestures.

You think the four major food groups are comprised of two agricultural products grown where you’re from, the meat from a kind of animal common to where you’re from, and an alcoholic beverage. – mmm, alcoholic beverage!

You know many people who attended college at a large university near the place you’re from.